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Dovetail Bracket Feet Design Tips - Featuring the most beautiful of all woodworking joints, dovetail bracket feet are a winning combination of quality and convenience. These dovetail bracket feet are.....
Notched Legs Make Shelving Easy - A notch cut into your wood legs makes adding a shelf to any kitchen island or piece of furniture easy. All you have to do is build a shelf assembly.....
Country Style Coffee Table - I wanted a hard-working table, one packed with useful features like a drawer to stash TV remotes and a shelf for display space. This table could easily be.....
Customizing a Stretcher Base Table - This article shows how stock components were easily modified to get custom results. The client will use the table for a lakefront cottage along the Quebec border. I chose stock part.....
Table Design Basics - Dining tables are humble, hardworking home furnishings. We eat at them day after day, pretty them up for holiday dinners, yet pound on them when we need a work table. A well made table requires almost no maintenance, and in return gives generations of solid service. What follows are basic points to consider in table design.
Colonial Tavern Table Design - We've always had an appreciation for architecture and furniture from before the Industrial Revolution, when woodworkers turned out crisp details and fine proportions using hand tools alone. The Colonial tavern table has a sturdy but elegant design that graced homes and inns during Colonial times. I liked the painted hardwood base, with its turned legs and well-proportioned aprons and stretchers.
Design Details Make the Difference - Detail changes can transform a case or cabinet project from simple country to a more formal style. Alternatively known as the Eight-Drawer Dresser Dress-Up.
North Shore Dresser - In response to a deluge of inquiries regarding the "rest of the cabinet" not shown on the cover of catalog 111 (only the ogee foot shows), I have put together this outline of construction for the North Shore Dresser.
Six-Legged Tables - Six-legged table bases are easy and very economical to build. Importantly, they are easy to disassemble, which is helpful in getting giant tables delivered and installed with ease.
Vanity Flair - How I dress up a bathroom vanity by using V-cut columns at the sides of the case. Here are basic key dimensions as well as some thoughts on construction, installation, and materials.
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